Women's desert motor cross - in pictures
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Dirt bike group Grit Girls meet weekly to ride in the desert. Mai Hamed, from Egypt, has been riding for almost three years. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National -
Elisha Dessurne crests a sand dune -
Attracted by the challenge, Michelle Christie from South Africa has been riding for almost six years -
Christie tightens up her boots before heading out into the sand dunes -
The group meets regularly to ride in the desert or on a designated dirt-bike track -
Michelle Christie gets air on a dune, with the buildings of Dubai in the background -
Martina Mozzicato enjoys the open desert terrain -
Sandra Blaskovic from Croatia says 'I ride because of the freedom, and how young it makes me feel' -
The terrain is one of the big attractions. 'When we go early and the sun is rising, it's just beautiful,' Sandra Blaskovic says -
From left, Martina Mozzicato, Elisha Dessurne and Michelle Christie get ready to set off -
'I am a desert girl – any open space that you can approach only with the bike is what I like about riding,' Martina Mozzicato says -
'You feel so free and alone, everything is for the taking,' Martina Mozzicato says -
Michelle Christie and Sandra Blaskovic take a break between rides with the Dubai skyline far in the distance -
Loading and unloading the bikes is all part of the experience -
Elisha Dessurne lubricating the chain in preparation for a ride -
Elisha Dessurne from the UK has been riding for six years -
Elisha Dessurne says she 'would definitely like to ride America on two wheels ... Australia would also be a choice' -
Martina Mozzicato takes her bike off her truck -
Mozzicato is from Italy and has been riding for six years
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